East Baton Rouge Parish Attorney Mary Roper filed a court document late Friday, asking a judge to find the Metro Council in contempt of court.

Roper says the council violated the temporary restraining order issued by Judge R. Michael Caldwell this week, which for now prohibited the council from considering removing her from her job.

The council has since scheduled a meeting where it will consider putting Roper on paid administrative leave, rescheduled its meeting where it will consider her permanent removal, and restricted her from accessing her city e-mail, according to Roper's filing -- all of which she says are violations of the judge's restraining order.

Meanwhile, the relationship between Roper and at least some council members appears to be getting even more toxic. Metro Council member John Delgado, who is among those seeking Roper's removal, said that Roper, who is currently taking vacation time, caused a stir at the parish attorney's office this week.

Council members had initially planned for a meeting to be held on Aug. 27 to consider placing Roper on leave. But Delgado said Roper called up staff at the parish attorney's office, "intimidated" them, and told them they worked for her and they couldn't help the council prepare for the meeting or anything that would be problematic for Roper.

On Friday, she came in person to the office and attempted to fire attorney Lea Anne Batson "for doing her job," Delgado said. He called it "obscene," adding that Batson was not ultimately fired.

"The parish attorney's office is the attorney for the parish," Delgado said. "It's not her personal clique of friends, it is not her fiefdom, or domain that she can control or bully people into doing whatever she wants them to do."

Roper said she couldn't comment because it is a personnel matter. She later said in a text message that Delgado's description of what happened was a "complete mischaracterization."

"This is not something I can comment upon further other than to say that I am extremely disappointed by certain inappropriate and insubordinate actions," she said. "I understand that everyone is under a lot of stress by the situation, but certain behavior by staff cannot be overlooked. It is very unfortunate."

The meeting to consider putting Roper on leave, requested by Delgado and council members C. Denise Marcelle and Ryan Heck, is now scheduled for Aug. 20 at 2 p.m., about a week before Roper's case goes to district court on Aug. 26. The restraining order essentially prevents the council from considering Roper's removal before her case has a chance to go to court.

A Metro Council meeting to consider Roper's permanent removal from her position is scheduled for Sept. 10.

Delgado said he believes the council is following the rules of the temporary restraining order and that the request to hold the council in contempt will be tossed.

Roper sued the council on Tuesday, after months of uncertainty over whether she'd be able to keep her job. This spring, a narrow majority council members voted to begin the process of removing her from her position, saying they had "lost confidence" in her office. Hearings to vote on her removal, however, were delayed while they negotiated a potential new job for Roper in the city-parish's retirement system -- a deal that fell through.

Now, Roper is asking the court to rule that the council can't fire her "at-will," and that as a municipal official she can only be removed for committing a felony, gross misconduct or malfeasance.

The efforts to remove Roper from her position this spring began after her name came up alongside an investigation into theft of in-house software. She had sent the software's source code to her husband, who is another city-parish employee, and said she was seeking his advice in getting it copyrighted since he has programming experience. District Attorney Hillar Moore ultimately said the investigation into the software theft didn't involve Roper.

Council members, however, raised concerns about Roper ranging from the software theft issue to a 2009 memo written by Mayor Pro Tem Chandler Loupe, who said employees in the parish attorney's office were coming into work hours late and leaving hours early. Many, including Roper, hold second attorney jobs.

Roper and her supporters say she's being unfairly targeted for personal reasons. She said the allegations against her are vague and unsubstantiated, and that no one had come to her with concerns about her performance.